Stock-car



(No Model.)

S. O. WISER.

sTooK GAR.

No. 264,018. Patented Septy, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

SAMUEL O. WIS'ER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 264,018, dated September 5,1882.

Application filed April 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL C. WISER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county ofGook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of stockcars which are arranged for wa-tering stock therein by means of a system of pipes and,

buckets, the pipes of one car being arranged to connect with those of the next in such a manner that all of the cars of a train and the stock contained therein'lnay be supplied at one and the same time from any suitable point.

My invention consists in the construction and arrangement hereinafter specified.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a stock-car having my improvements. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 3is a cross-sectional view of the same. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views referred to hereinafter.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, A represents a stock-car, which may be made in the ordinary manner.

Along each 'side of the car A, at suitable distanees apart, are arranged buckets B, each of which is secured to and supported by arod or shaft, a, having a bearing above and below the buckct B in suitable t-imbers, b and c, said shaft extending down through the bottom of the car and being provided at its lower end with a pinion, p. Each of thepinions p engage, with one of the two .racls, o e, running the entire length of the cars at each side,,and attached to the bottom thereof in such a manner that they are free to move endwise.

` Gearing with each rack c at any convenient point in its length; but preferably at one end, is a pinion, p', secured on the lower end of a rod or shaft, S,which projects above thetop of the car and is provided with a hand-wheel, W.

By turning the hand-wheel VV the buckets B, through the agency of raeks c and pinions 19, may be turned outward, as shown in Fig. 4, when not in use, and thus kept clean, and in this position are entirely out of the way if it is desired to load the car with any kind of merchandise on the return-trip.

Extending through the center of' the car at the top is a pipe, P, provided at each end with a suitable couplin g, by which it may be connected with the pipes of the other cars of the train.

Leading from thepipe P to each of the bucketsB is a smaller pipe, e. These pipes are made of rubher or other flexible material, so that they may be fastened up to the top of the car when not in use or when the car is to be loaded with miscellaneous freight.

In order to utilize the space of the door for buckets, I provide a separate frame, D, Fig. 5, which fits in the frame of 'the door, inside of and out of the way of the opening` and closing` of said door. In this frame I) the buckets are hung, and the whole may be removed at any time, the rods a, on which the buckets are hung, being made square on the end and fitting` in a square hole in the pinions p p, said pinions heingjournaled in the floor of the car in such a manner that they are held in position when the frame D, with the buckets and rods, is reinoved.

The end of the pipe P of the last car is closed and the one next the engine supplied with a suitable opening, through which it can be supplied with water from, the ordinary railwaytanks, or from the tender of the engine, thus i'urnishing water to all the cars at once.

Having thus describcd my invention, what I claiin as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The bucket-s B, in combination with rods a, pinion p, and rack c, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of huckets B, rods a, pinion p, rack c, and rod or shaft S, having hand-wheel W and pinion p', substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

sAMUEL o. wrsnnl Witnesses:

GHAs. KREssMAN, FRANK J oHNsoN. 

